High Trestle Trail will stretch farther to the south

9:41 PM,
Oct. 15, 2013

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The Ankeny City Council narrowly voted to approve a $3,065,000 partnership agreement with the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and Polk County to pursue the extension of the popular High Trestle Trail.

The 25-mile recreational trail from Ankeny to Woodward opened in the spring of 2011 and includes a -mile, 13-story bridge across the Des Moines River valley, one of the largest trail bridges in the world.

By way of a 3-2 vote, the Ankeny City Council approved the acquisition of abandoned railroad right-of-way south of West First Street to a point just south of Interstate Highway 80 in Polk ...